This tutorial will help you learn the basics of C#. C# is a a simple, modern, general-purpose, object-oriented programming language intended for building solutions on the Microsoft .NET platform.

In This Guide:

01 - Introduction to C# and the .NET Framework

This section provides a brief overview, definition, background and uses of the C# programming language.

02 - Using Visual C# 2005 Express Edition

This section provides guidance on how to install, start a project and work through the Visual C# 2005 Express Edition.

03 - C# Programming - Part 1

In this chapter, you will learn how to do basic C# programming and run your first program.

04 - C# Programming - Part 2

In this chapter, you will learn how to do more advanced C# programming using arrays, enumerations and structures.

05 - Object Oriented Programming in C#

In this chapter you will learn the basic concepts and methods of Object-oriented programming (OOP) and how it is applied in C#. Because of OOP's emphasis on modularity, object oriented code tends to be more flexible, simpler to develop and easier to understand.

06 - Exception Handling

In this chapter, you will learn what exceptions are and how to handle them in the >NET framework.

07 - More C#

In this chapter, we will take a quick look at some of the important and more advanced concepts of C# programming. As a beginner, we may not make use of these concepts in our applications at the start, but, to understand the language properly and to prepar

08 - Windows Programming - 1

In this chapter, we will continue our exploration of windows programming. We will study how to create menus and toolbars for our applications. We will also learn about windows common dialogs and how to work with files (file handling).

09 - Windows Programming - 2

In this chapter, we will continue our exploration of windows programming. We will study how to create menus and toolbars for our applications.

10 - Data Access

In this chapter we will learn the basic concepts of realtional databases, and how to create and access them.

11 - Deploying our Applications

In this chapter we will learn what deployment is and the different methods for its application.

Appendix A

Before we can start working with ASP.NET 2.0, we need to download and install the .NET 2.0 Framework. This section shows you how to download and install the Framework. The process is very simple, we need to download and install two executable files.

Appendix B